（A）
At school boys and girls are learning foreign languages．Do you know how many languages there are all over the world？ 1 English is one of the most important languages because so many people use it，not only in England， America，Australia，New Zealand and Canada， but also in other countries of the world．It is difficult to say how many people are learning it． Millions of boys and girls are trying to do so．
Many English children study French． 2 Some children study German，Russian，Chinese and Japanese．
3 We know that we all learn our own language well when we are children．If we use a second language in the same way，it won't seem so difficult． 4 He listens to what people say，and he tries to guess what he hears．When he wants something，he has to ask for it．He is using the language，thinking in it and talking all the time． 5
把a-e五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整，逻辑通顺，然后完成第6小题。
a．What is the best way to learn a language？
b．If people use a second language all the time，they will learn it quickly．
c．How does a small child do it？
d．There are nearly one thousand five hun- dred．
e．French is also a very important language．
6．The best title ofthis passage should be ．
a．English is Very Useful
b．Other Language are Also Very Useful
c．The Best Way of Learning English
d．The Best Way of Learning a Language
（B）
The computer is a useful machine．It can help people a lot in their daily life．For example， it can help people to save much time to do much work，and it can help people to work out complicated（复杂的）problems that people can't do easily．What's more，it makes it more convenient（方便）to send and receive messages．In the new century，it seems that it's very necessary for everyone to learn how to use computers， even for the old people．The computer is really an important tool in modern life．
Today more and more families have computers．Parents buy computers for their children．They hope computers can help their children improve their studies at school．Yet， many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos，or sing karaoke，instead of studying．So，many teachers and parents complain that computers cannot help children to study but instead make them fall behind．Because of this，computers are locked in boxes by parents．
In some other countries，even some scientists hate computers．They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble．
Who knows what the computers of tomorrow will be like？Will they really make life better，or will they bring trouble to people？The students today will have to decide how to use the computers of tomorrow．
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
7．Why does the writer say the computer is a useful machine？
The writer says this because ．
8．Why do the parents buy their children computers？
They think computers ．
9．What do some teachers and parents complain about？
They complain that ．
10．Do computers only make our life better？
No，they ．
11．Can computers really help children to study？ ．
12．Someone said that it's necessary for us middle school students to spend some time on computers every day．What do you think of it？
Key:
(A)1—6 D E A C B D
(B)7．computers can help us a lot．
8．can help their children improve their studies in school
9．computers make their children fall behind
10．also bring us a lot of trouble
11．It's hard to say．
12．It's really necessary for us middle school students to learn how to use computers． But I don't think it right to spend much time on it every day because we should spend most of the time on our study．We can't make good use of computers unless we get a GREat deal of knowledge
